Daily Features

To adequately manage local government, or anything else for that matter, one should have some general philosophical understanding of what local government should be and is and, given existing resources, what can be done to help it towards its goal.

One of the themes of Development Watch has been the constant call for building up the capacity of the State to implement economic development plans since private markets alone cannot achieve this transformation in an economy such as Guyana.

It’s too soon to pass judgment on President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Cuba, but this much can be said: if he doesn’t hold an exclusive meeting with Cuba’s peaceful opposition leaders, his trip will help legitimize the longest-ruling dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere.

By Jorge Familiar Jorge Familiar is Vice President of the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean In the future, when we assess Latin America’s history at the turn of the century, the salient feature will certainly be an economic boom that triggered profound social change.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon Edited from a version published on The Mosquito”: http:// gtmosquito.

Last week’s article dealt briefly with the requirements for the appointment of auditors of companies.

Shifting perceptions/reality This week’s column and the next will wrap up this somewhat extended discussion I have been having on Guyana’s dependence on the export of minerals.

I’m a notes guy, and not only for songs. I keep little jottings about things I notice or read, conversations I overhear, comical signs on car windows, etc.

Bertolt Brecht was one of the most celebrated playwrights of the 20th cen-tury.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) was established in 2014 on the recommendation of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

Having discussed all the various tooth and gum ailments over the past weeks, we must now logically turn to the prevention aspect.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard an uninformed woman say, “I don’t lift weights because I don’t want to look hard and manly,” I probably would be a rich guy.

In this week’s edition of ‘In Search of West Indies Cricket,’ Roger Seymour looks at the life and legacy of Kerry Packer.

Italy, Greece, China, various Middle Eastern countries and India boast of delectable platters of stuffed eggplant (baigan) in different forms.

Playing chess is like having psychic powers. We look deep into the game and figure out what our opponents are going to do, before they actually do it.

(Continued) If you would like to try grafting and budding, you would need the following:Sterilized budding knife One healthy rootstock plant – disease free (approximately 18 – 24 months old) One healthy shoot (scion approximately 6 – 10 inches long) Budding tapeIn the case of citrus, a lemon rootstock can be used with a shoot (scion) from a lime tree.

At the last count, something like 619 regional trade agreements had been notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Spix’s Guan resemble turkeys in their size and shape and are named after a 19th century bird scientist who collected the first specimen in neighbouring Brazil.

Most of us have had days when we felt like giving up; when misery seemed to be wrapping its arms around us and whispering that there was no hope.

See how brief I can be today. As I comment on America’s DEA.